Li Wei's Conditions

"Music composition, you?" Mr. Ervin's first reaction was disbelief.

But then he suddenly remembered:

The reason his daughter was inexplicably drawn to this kid seemed to be because she heard some "unprecedentedly beautiful music" from his mind.

And Seraphine's aesthetic sense and professionalism in music are naturally beyond doubt.

Li Wei probably really knows music, and his level isn't low.

"But a person's talent has its limits."

"How many songs can you create on your own? How can you support such a large business with just a few good songs? I advise you to be more realistic."

"No, Mr. Ervin." Li Wei interrupted his doubts, "You can judge whether this method works after you've heard it."

As he spoke, Azure Finch gave Seraphine a look:

"Seraphine, I'm counting on you."

"Got it!" Seraphine jumped up, eager to try.

She walked towards the piano with light, quick steps, tucked her skirt in a familiar way, and sat up straight in front of the keys.

Seraphine touched the keys, closing her eyes to adjust.

And then, the music began.

Dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum～

Her slender, jade-white fingers danced like butterflies, flying up and down.

Sweet and cheerful notes flowed from her fingertips, lingering in the air, gradually drifting into the ears, and capturing the hearts of the audience.

Mr. Ervin was a little angry at first that Li Wei was using his daughter as a music player.

But after hearing the beautiful melody that Seraphine played, he gradually forgot his frustration, forgot the business, forgot everything else.

He was completely immersed in the music.

The warm, light, gentle, and affectionate rhythm deeply touched people's hearts.

This touch didn't come from any magic, but purely from the charm of the music itself.

Through the music, Mr. Ervin seemed to see a lively and agile girl, see the author's appreciation and love for this girl, and the beautiful longing for love.

This is definitely a good piece of music!

It will definitely be popular in the upper circles of Piltover, Demacia, and Noxus! It might even become a timeless classic, allowing the author to be remembered for generations to come along with the music!

"What... what is this piece?" Mr. Ervin murmured.

"Für Elise," Li Wei replied.

"I have many more piano pieces of this level here. If you're willing, I can have Seraphine play them for you slowly. Of course, if you want to hear other styles of songs, I have even more here."

"As long as we release a few hit songs every year, we won't have to worry about sales for our Walkmans and music tapes at all."

Li Wei was still promoting his music business.

But Mr. Ervin's face suddenly changed.

It turned red for a while, then green for a while, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

Then he asked:

"Who is Elise?"

"Huh?"

"Isn't this song written for Elise? Then who is Elise? How many girls have you seduced with this trick, you little brat?"

Li Wei: "..."

"I'm not doing this business—"

"You stay away from my daughter!"

The business was eventually concluded.

Because Li Wei explained that those songs were not written by him at all, but told to him by Janna.

He also plans to explain it to the outside world that way in the future.

As for how the goddess Janna knows so many songs, and even knows gangster rap and heavy metal rock... Don't ask, just know that the goddess knows everything.

Mr. Ervin didn't believe it at first, but after Li Wei and Seraphine successively performed dozens of excerpts from famous songs of different styles, he had no choice but to believe it.

Leading-edge Walkman technology, plus countless world-famous songs. With these, from music production, publishing, and distribution, to the manufacture and sales of Walkmans and tapes... this entire big cake can be eaten whole.

In Li Wei's words:

"This is called accurately grasping user pain points, finding a grip in a segmented field, using technological advantages to open up a new track, opening up the upstream and downstream industrial chains, realizing internal resource integration, and finally forming a positive feedback loop ecosystem, penetrating the user's mind, and creating a dimensionality reduction strike on the market!"

"Mr. Ervin, do you understand?"

Mr. Ervin understood.

To sum it up in one sentence:

This project can indeed make money, big money.

Did he want to do it? Of course, he did. Who doesn't want to make money?

"Also, I said from the start that I can help Seraphine solve her talent control issues."

"I am a Chosen of the Goddess Janna, and I have the ability to teach Seraphine how to control her magic. I can even cultivate her into a powerful mage."

At this point, Mrs. Ervin couldn't sit still any longer.

In recent years, Seraphine's talent has continued to grow, and the pain caused by the loss of control has become increasingly unbearable.

Watching her daughter's painful appearance when her abilities went out of control, she, as a mother, had long been heartbroken.

To help Seraphine solve this problem, Mrs. Ervin even planned to sell the family's factory to buy the rare Native Hextech Gem.

Now, Li Wei alone can solve the problem.

Not only can he help their daughter avoid the pain, but he also throws in a free professional mage education. If she succeeds in her studies, the Ervin family might even have an extraordinary mage!

"Old man, what are you waiting for?!"

Mrs. Ervin was already impatiently urging her husband to make a decision quickly.

"But..." Ervin still hesitated.

He looked at Li Wei for a moment, then at Seraphine, his expression complex and strange, unsure what he was hesitating about.

"But our daughter seems to be..." Ervin whispered to his wife.

"That's better than watching her die in pain!" Mrs. Ervin scolded impatiently, then secretly glanced at Li Wei: "Besides, even if that's really the case..."

"Given this kid's current situation, our daughter isn't at a disadvantage."

"Nonsense... how is she not at a disadvantage! That little bastard was just a wage slave yesterday, absolutely not!"

"Then why don't you sell the factory and buy our daughter a Native Hextech Crystal! You old miser!"

"I..."

Li Wei: "???"

Janna, who had been waiting for a long time, finally brought him the latest news:

"We agree to this project."

"Once we meet Professor Viktor and see all the technical data for the Walkman project, we can discuss signing the contract."

Mr. Ervin grunted reluctantly.

"That's great." Li Wei had Azure Finch Janna nod for him: "I hope we have a pleasant cooperation in the future, Mr. Ervin."

"However, I have some conditions before that."

"What conditions?" Ervin frowned slightly.

He didn't like this way of doing business, adding additional clauses at the end. It was very insincere.

"Please forgive me. Because I must make you realize the value of this project before you will agree to this condition."

"Oh?" He became interested.

At this moment, Li Wei said solemnly:

"My condition is—"

"I hope that from today onwards, Zaunite apprentices will have the same treatment as Piltover workers."

"Y-You said what?!"

Ervin couldn't believe his ears:

"Give Zaunite apprentices the same treatment as Piltover people?"

Are you kidding me!

Why did he hire Zaunite apprentices?

Wasn't it because Zaunites were cheap!

Not only were they cheap, but they were also durable. If they broke, they could be sent back to Zaun and replaced with a new batch at any time.

Anyway, there was never a shortage of young Zaunites who wanted to come to Piltover to work.

"Are you crazy?!" Ervin asked.

"I'm not." Li Wei said calmly, "If you're hesitating because of money, then please don't worry."

"The increased labor costs can all be counted on my and Professor Viktor's 70% profit share."

Ervin was silent for a while.

Then he asked with a complex expression, "Are you serious?"

"Serious."

"Why?"

"Because Professor Viktor and I are both Zaunites."

Erwin: "…"

After another moment of silence, he said:

"But some things, you can't just do because you want to."

"Do you know what other business owners will think of us if we do this? We're not the great Jayce Talys. If we recklessly break the rules and make everyone dislike you, then…"

"No… Absolutely not! This won't work!"

Erwin muttered with a sigh.

But Li Wei didn't try to persuade him further, he just said:

"Mr. Ervin, Azure Finch Janna told me she saw you twenty years ago."

"You were just a Zaun apprentice back then."

"She saw you hiding in your blankets, crying because you couldn't scrape together enough money to treat your girlfriend's illness. You cried all night, wiped away your tears… and went to the hospital with a smile to see your girlfriend."

"I'm sorry…" Azure Finch looked at Erwin, and his former girlfriend, now Mrs. Ervin. "Janna didn't have the power to help you back then."

"You…" Erwin's pupils dilated in shock.

"She was… there… there…"

The words caught in his throat. But tears welled up uncontrollably, streaming down his face.

"Yes," Janna said.

Using her own voice, "I was there, child."

Erwin remained stunned for a long time. Then, as if in a trance, he replied:

"I… I agree."